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OTWB
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Date Posted: 23:13:06 08/09/03 Sat
In reply to:
Cat9
's message, "Re: Hey Cat" on 17:39:39 08/09/03 Sat
I'll see her tomorrow, I have no idea what his background is, but that's interesting. I just know that they're really struggling with this. I appreciate this, I usually don't pass edresses, but I had to make an exception.
>Sure, OTWB... I've just sent you an email. By all
>means, have her e me!
>
>BTW, there was a family reunion in June, where I met
>one of Grandpa's cousins - Blaine Gibson, who was an
>animator for Disney for many years (his name is on the
>credits of Jungle Book and 101 Dalmations). His
>brother, Ellery, was an art professor at the
>university I attended (yes, I had him for one class).
>I found out they had a brother who had died of ALS.
>Another of Grandpa's cousins was there who had a
>father, Grandpa's uncle, who also died of ALS. All of
>this was new information to us, and Mom passed it on
>to her neurologist at clinic last week. She and some
>of her relatives are part of a research study (huge
>questionnaire!).
>
>It's interesting info, but it had been determined with
>Mom that she didn't have the genetic form of the
>disease. She does have a very large extended family.
>
>The best research out there thinks ALS is a
>combination of genetic predisposition combined with
>the right environmental or viral "triggers".
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